Vanessa Voigt has announced she will not be competing for the remainder of the 2024-2025 Biathlon season, also ruling her out of the BMW IBU World Championships in Lenzerheide next month.

Voigt had started the season strongly, being in the Top 5 of the World Cup Total Score before the Christmas break but getting sick over Christmas derailed her second trimester. The German skipped multiple competitions, including the last World Cup week in Antholz-Anterselva, which led to fans being concerned for her participating in the rest of the season.

This morning, the 27-year-old announced that after several medical checks and consulting with the team, she will skip the World Championships and the last three World Cup stages to focus on recovery and getting healthy - similar to her teammate Franziska Preuss in the past two winters.

That decision will not only see her miss the rest of the World Cup but also the 2025 BMW IBU World Championships in Lenzerheide.